too much hate for “theater kid energy” and not enough hate for “school newspaper kid energy”

late stage captainalism kirk nytimes.com/live/2021/10/1…

This great essay by alex sujong laughlin sums up so well the producer paradox of having your writing published…out of the mouth of another person : “When you’ve been taught you are an accessory to greatness, how do you believe that you can be great yourself?” studyhall.xyz/ghostwriting/

Today, 250+ Guild members signed up to attend today’s contract negotiation session to observe bargaining over wages, healthcare, return to office and more. The company’s response: they refused to show & canceled the meeting.

Always love seeing my former Vox team get well-deserved shoutouts. They work super hard & keep the bar high. sean @efimthedream Amina Al-Sadi @haleemakshah Noam Hassenfeld Brigid McCarthy Luke Vander Ploeg Jillian Weinberger Liz Kelly Nelson Miles Bryan Mort1s Allison Rockey

With NYT Wirecutter/The New York Times management refusing to come to the table to reach a deal, 100% of our unit will be striking from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. The best way you can support us is by boycotting NYT Wirecutter from 11/25-11/29: wirecutterunion.com/support-us/

Last week Luke Vander Ploeg forced me to watch Company for the first time; this week he helped produce this beautiful episode on Stephen Sondheim’s life. Unfortunately I have to highly recommend both!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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NEW: Michigan Police Officer Charged With Murder After Killing Black Motorist nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/… by Luke Vander Ploeg @mitchksmith

Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was issued a $275 ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane while in her third trimester of pregnancy. She said she was looking forward to her court date on July 20, two weeks before her baby is due. nyti.ms/3nUKmHI

Heyyy this is my group

We never stopped

My bro!

Worked for ages on this ep. I'm really proud of it.

For Mother’s Day, The New York Times is re-airing this podcast, based on my reporting, about a mother’s slow decline into dementia. It’s an amazing, wrenching hour of audio: Michael Barbaro Luke Vander Ploeg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…